The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
PA/Medical Secretary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated individual to join us as a PA/Medical Secretary in the Oncology Department within Networked Services Division.
This is a full-time, permanent post. It will be working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with the option of hybrid working. The Trust are committed to supporting flexible working agreements.
You will be responsible for covering the provisions of full secretarial and administrative support within the Medical Oncology HER2 and OFS team, ensuring a high standard of PA/secretarial duties is maintained and deadlines and audio typing targets are met.
You will be enthusiastic, flexible, willing to learn, eager to play an effective part in a busy team environment, work to a high standard, and be able to use your own initiative.
You will have experience of audio typing and copy typing and ideally have worked within a healthcare environment with Medical Secretarial experience and a good knowledge of medical terminology. Knowledge of cancer pathways/targets would be beneficial.
When applying for this position, please refer to the person specification and demonstrate within your application form how you meet the criteria, providing examples where possible.
Responsibilities
As a PA/Medical Secretary for the Medical Oncology HER2 and OFS Team, you will be responsible for completing, but not limited to, tasks such as:
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- Liaise with all consultants and clinicians in your area of responsibility to provide a full secretarial service, including all administrative duties and dealing with mail, this includes placing it in order of priority and acting on matters which can be dealt with without further reference.
- Appropriately disseminate a variety of correspondence/documentation, some of which is highly confidential.
- Type clinical correspondence, treatment summaries, and annotations, ensuring compliance with turnaround time/targets and ensure that office instructions are followed.
- Organise and schedule meetings and maintain an up-to-date diary for appointments, meetings, and interviews.
- Effectively monitor clinic templates liaising with clinical team and administration staff to ensure clinic numbers are manageable.
- Liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally, answering written and verbal enquiries when necessary, taking action on all matters which can be dealt with without further reference.
- Answer written and verbal enquiries from patients/relatives, referring enquiries to consultants only when necessary.
- Deal with stressful phone calls which can be emotional/abusive and of a sensitive nature from relatives/patients.
- Liaise with internal and external departments to arrange clinical investigations/procedures.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
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We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients' homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological, and plastic surgery.
We are also an international leader in research, with world-first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Nicola Morrissey
- Job title: Assistant Service Manager
- Email address: Nicola.morrissey@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 918 8133
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